I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sean K - Apr 10, 2008 3:14:09 pm PDT #1039 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

There's an argument to be made that the heady romantic love that's being peddled by Hallmark is not what long term relationships are best made of, but that's not really the argument she puts forth for very long. The point that you're not going to be drunk on your mate for fifty years isn't the same point as you'll need someone to distract the kid for twenty minutes so you can shovel lunch.

Is it just me, or is this sort of jumbled mess of half-assed, uninformed opinion passing for intelligent argument becoming more and more common these days? Maybe I'm just being too cynical, but I swear the Limbaughs, O'Reilleys, Hannitys and Schlessingers have somehow emboldened the morons of the world.


Sean K - Apr 10, 2008 3:15:41 pm PDT #1040 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Maybe it's just because I'm reading the "Incompetent and Unaware of it" paper in another window.


§ ita § - Apr 10, 2008 3:15:56 pm PDT #1041 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Broken scales don't make your boobs shrink, sara.

Oh, god, want popcorn NOW. Do you suppose someone put crack into the kernels? Would that explain all this? Because I suspect I'm popping way more than two servings tonight.


Emily - Apr 10, 2008 3:19:18 pm PDT #1042 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

California wants money from me. Curse you, California! Haven't you taken enough from me?


Jessica - Apr 10, 2008 3:31:49 pm PDT #1043 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is it just me, or is this sort of jumbled mess of half-assed, uninformed opinion passing for intelligent argument becoming more and more common these days? Maybe I'm just being too cynical, but I swear the Limbaughs, O'Reilleys, Hannitys and Schlessingers have somehow emboldened the morons of the world.

You need to read The Brain Dead Megaphone. The title essay is about this point exactly, and ever since I read it, I find myself pointing at things and saying "See? SEE??? NO MEGAPHONE FOR YOU."


sarameg - Apr 10, 2008 3:43:44 pm PDT #1044 of 10001

Broken scales don't make your boobs shrink, sara.

Well, yes, but as to the accuracy of the measurement, I'm dubious. In any case, it isn't quite to the point of needing new bras.


DavidS - Apr 10, 2008 6:05:28 pm PDT #1045 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

For real. A chocolate fountain is something I can get behind. Or, more precisely, directly in front of.

They have the biggest chocolate fountain in America at the Bellagio. It's more of a small chocolate waterfall over glass.


Kat - Apr 10, 2008 6:05:49 pm PDT #1046 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I like meat as much as the next person, but a BBQ fountain would be way too much.

I feel like a GIANT STRESS BALL right now. Partially because I came home to a $5000 bill from UCLA Pediatric Group for the doctor stuff while G is in the care facility. It's not for the docs, but for "ventilator assistance." ARGH. Stupid blood pressure.

sara, perhaps your weightloss is also stress induced (mine is not, but I wish it were, so at least there would be something useful coming out of the stress).


ChiKat - Apr 10, 2008 6:43:09 pm PDT #1047 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

I think I need both a chocolate fountain and a BBQ fountain.

{{Kat}}

::snuggles up to Trudy just 'cuz. And why not, really?::


§ ita § - Apr 10, 2008 6:43:11 pm PDT #1048 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A BBQ fountain isn't wrong because of the meatiness to me--I think I share the never-going-away thing with Sara. No need to have quite so much of it around.

I am a giant stressball too, and one that's losing weight because of it. I have way too much disarray right now, and way too much on my plate. Urggh.

On a much more trivial note I can't decide if I should have that second bowl of popcorn (this one with a topping of some sort) or a bowl of stone cut oatmeal. Both seem massively appealing, but I only have room for one.